The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-05-03
ST. LOUIS WEDDING.
Two People Well known in This
City Married There Yester-
day.

The following account of the wed.
ding of Miss Mary Mense of st. Louis,
and Lieutenant Cole, will be read
with interest by many in this city,
who are acquainted with the parties.
Miss Mense is a sister of Mrs. p. q.
Stafford and has frequently visited
here. Lieutenant Cole is a nephew of
DIR. Scott and has also visited here.
The account is taken from yesterdays
Post-Dispatch.
The Central Presbyterian church
was the scene this afternoon Of the
wedding of Miss Mary Mense, daugh-
ter of Mrs. NJ. E. Mense, to Lieut..
Hayden S. Cole of Fort Custer, Mon.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
ID. Drank, pastor of that church, in
the presence of the friends of the bii-
dial pair. The chancel of the church
had been. very deliberately decorated
with plants wainscoating the walls
and arranged in groups with the star
eyed daisy interpreted everywhere,
while Gordon of daisies was stretched
across the aisle, in lieu of the white
satin ribbons. Prof. A. @. Robyn
presided at the organ, and played the
wedding march as the bridal cortege
moved up the aisle. The groom and
his attendants wore military full dress,
while the bride and. her attendants
all wore pure white. with no trace of
color.
There we're six ushers, Messrs.
George Parker, Arthur Wyman, Al.
Shapleigh, James Scudder, S. j.
Waterman and William Graham who
preceded the bridal party, followed by
little Lucille Mcdonald, robed in
white embroidery and carrying a
basket of daisies. The groomsmen,
Lieut.. Gilman of Fort Keogh, Lieut.
Martin of Fort Smelling, Lieut.. Byron
of Fort Custer, Lieut.. Lorten of
Arizona, and Lieut.. Clark of Arizona.
and Lieut.. Chase of Jefferson Bar
racks, escorted the bridesmaids,
Misses Eta Walker, Lizzie Gage,
Mamie Mcclure, Adele Jones and
Misses Newkirk and Minnie Scott, of
Sedalia. These young ladies all wore
dresses exactly alike; white MORE
made dancing length, with diaphan-
GUS draperies of white silk Brussels
net confined in full pouffs at the back
beneath broad sash of moire. The
corsage of MORE was cut in deep points,
back and front, and finished with the
soft folds of the tulle. In their hands
they carried great punches of white
daisies.
The bride wore very elegant robe
of white satin duchesse, made with
long princess traine, falling in un-
broken folds from the waist, and fin
ished with heavy cord. The tablier
was completely yelled by deep
fiounces of duchess lace, extending
from the waist. The deep pointed
corsage was cut slightly open at the
throat, and filled with duchess lace.
caught by diamond brooch presented
by the groom, the dems sleeves were
met by long kid gloves reaching to
the elbow, and in her hand she car
ried bunch of lilies of the valley.
The bridal veil which covered, with
out concealing, the beautiful toilette
was worn without ornament.
After the ceremony at the church
there was small reception at the
family residence, limited to the rela-
tives and immediate friends. The
house was also handsomely decorated
with plants and flowers and Spiering's
orchestra was in attendance. After
the reception and repast Lieut.. and
Mrs. Cole will leave for his post at
Fort Custer, stopping few days at
st. Paul en- route.
Among the guests at the reception
were: Mrs. B. M. Cole, of Pennsyl-
vania, mother of the groom; MIR. and
Mrs. Charles w. .Mense, Brooklyn,
n. Y; Mr.. Samuel n. Halliday, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Halliday, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. w. Mcdonald, Mr.. and Mrs.
Willis Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Gage. Miss Fannie Gage, Mr.. and
Mrs. P. G. Stafford, of Sedalia; Mrs
L. d. Garth, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Berkeley,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Goodman king.
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